Pen-wiper.



No. 826,270. PATENTED JULY 17, 1906.

G. I. PERKINS.

PEN WIPE-R.

APPLICATION FILED 8EPT.23,1906.

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PEN-WIPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 17, 1906.

Application filed September 23, 1905. Serial No. 279,793.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CLAUDE F. PERKINS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sioux City, in the county of Woodbury and State of Iowa,have invented a new and useful improvement in Pen-Wipers; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact de scription of thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partthereof.

My invention relates to means for cleaning or wiping pens, and has forits object the production of a cleaner so adjusted to the pen rack ortray that when the penholder is deposited upon the rack the pen will, ifdesired, come in contact with the cleaner and the ink be removed orabsorbed.

I accomplish this object by means of the device shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view in side elevation ofpenrack withv wiper attached. Fig. 2 is a plan view, and Fig. 3 an endview, of same. Fig. 4is an end view of rack, showing means of adjustingthe wiper at different heights. Fig. 5 is a section of rack, showingmeans of attaching the wiper to any style of rack. Fig. 6 is a plan viewof Fig. 5.

Referring now to these illustrations, in which like parts are designatedby similar letters of reference, A is the body or base-0f rack, havingthe usual uprights B B for the support of the penholder and pen. At oneend of the base is secured a third upright C of somewhat less heightthan the other uprights, and to this upright is secured at the upper enda disk D by means of a thumb-screw E passing through the center of thedisk and through the upper end of the upright and secured therein byanut F. The edges of the disk are furrowed to more perfectly fit thepen, and the disk is adjusted at such distance from the adjacent uprightB that when the penholder is laid upon the rack the pen proper willnaturally fall upon the disk. The disk is also adjusted so that itsupper edge extends somewhat above the level of the 7 parts of the rackon which the holder is enough placed.

It will be seen that the same movement of the hand which places the penupon the rack or tray adjusts it to the pen wiper or disk, which beingof absorbent material quickly takes up the ink. If desired not to wipethe pen, it may with equal facility be placed far toward the oppositeend of the tray to avoid the wiper. The disk freely turns upon thethumb-screw, and when one part of the absorbent material has taken allthe ink it can absorb the disk is turned until all parts of the edge areused, when it can be replaced with another.

In Fig. 4 is shown an upright 0, having a slot 0 in the center composedof annular perforations which communicate with each other. It providesmeans for regulating the height of the disk, as desired, by adjustingthe thumb-screw in different parts of the slot.

My invention may be applied to any form of pen rack or tray by means ofthe device shown in Figs. 5 and 6. The thumb-screw E, serving as an axisfor the disk, passes through the lower parts of a clamp G, which in theform of a bow is bent up and adapted to fit over an upright B, a part ofthe original rack. The axis has screw-threads on the inner end to fitthe threads in the clamp, and on the opposite side of the clamp isanother thumb-screw E, also provided with screwthreads in the same way.By turning the two thumb-screws the clamp may be adjusted to the uprightof any pen-rack either at the top, as shown in the drawings, or on theside, and by slight modification is adjustable to any form of tray. Theclamp being extended outward and bent places the disk at the samedistance from the upright, as shown in the other views, and sustains itin this position. The clamp has a part out out on the upper surface, asseen in Fig. 6, to render it more easily adjustable to the uprightbetween the usual points of which the pen is placed.

The method of attaching the wiper to the rack or tray is not material tothe invention; neither is the form of wiper or the material of which itis composed, the essential feature of the invention being a pen-wiperadjustably secured to a pen rack or tray in such manner that when thepenholder is placed in the rack the pen proper will come in contact withthe wiper, of which all parts may be utilized.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. The combination with a pen-rack having the usual supports for apenholder, of a pen-wiper removably secured to one end of the rack at ornear the height of the penholder supports, and adapted to receive orcome in contact with the pen proper when ICC the holder and pen areplaced in the rack, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a pen-rack and the usual uprights thereto, of adisk of absorbent material removably secured to one end of the rack andadapted to come in contact with the pen proper when placed in the rack,means for adjusting the height of the disk with reference to said rack,and means for permitting said disk to turn thereon, sub stantially asdescribed.

8. The combination with a pen rack or tray, of a disk of absorbentmaterial removably secured thereto and adapted to come in contact withand support a pen when placed in the rack or tray, means for regulatingthe height of the disk with reference to said rack l or tray, and meansfor adjusting and securing the disk thereto, substantially as described.

4. The combination with a pen rack or tray of a disk of absorbentmaterial removably secured thereto, a thumb-screw as an axis for saiddisk, a clamp having an opening and screw-threads therein for theadjustment of said thumb-screw, to secure said disk to the rack,substantially as described.

In witnesses whereof I have affixed my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

CLAUDE F. PERKINS.

Witnesses H. O, GARDINER, F. W. LOHR.

